Peanuts by Charles Schulz for August 09, 2020

Didn’t bring the flip-flops, huh?

On the bright side, you’ve invented a new dance.

They must be immune to hot sand.

That’s why God invented flip-flops!

Always remember those flip flops!!!

Hmph! Kids today and their fancy new dances…!

Back in those days my mom’s car always had vinyl seat covers. Had to remember to put your towel on it before sitting down! HOT!

Tennis shoes are better on varied ground. I use flip-flops only in house or around the pool. Otherwise too many things can come between flip-flop and foot while walking outdoors.

They listened to “Barefootin’” once too often.

Synchronized screaming…..

99.99% of the time, Peppermint Patty is wearing sandals. THIS time, she forgot?

This is what flip-flops are for.

Remember those hot parking lots which was why I always had a pair of flip flops with me.

I wonder how many times Patty and C.B. rehearsed that dance move? They’re perfectly in sync!

As kids we’d walk a couple blocks to the beach on concrete. Then there was a stretch of about 100 feet of asphalt between the last road and the boardwalk. I bet the temperature was that of a well-cooked pork roast – probably 160 degrees at a minimum.

By the end of the summer we had feet like hobbits – thick leathery soles: only we didn’t have fur on top of them.

Then there was the boardwalk itself. In the beginning of the summer we’d complain about the splinters – but end of summer we still got splinters but we just didn’t know it.

We had shoes we could wear, but they were just one more thing to keep track of on the beach. The shoes, sneakers, came on after dinner when we all wound up on the street chasing one another around in some game until our parents called us to bed.

We did wear regular shoes for a bit over an hour on Sunday for church.

Also a good reminder not to walk your dogs if the pavement is hot to the touch.

I remember the days….and don’t forget the sand…omg it was scorching

The worst thing about cycling with racing cleats, is getting an irreparable flat far from home on a hot day. Barefoot, I walked most of the miles on the gravel shoulder, and still got blisters.

DAM BOI HE THICK BOI lol look at charlie brown’s stomach in the 5th panel

Maybe try using some shoes next time. Ironic considering Patty wears sandals.

Flip flops? Eww. I’ll stick to bare feet.

Grew up in Phoenix AZ… we kids (when barefoot) knew the best way to cross a parking lot was to use the stripes for the parking spots to walk on… they were white, so they were way cooler. ;-)

What – no flip-flops?

Hop, not hoop!

I didn’t know grass parking lots got hot!

Be careful at lakefront beaches if not closed when you don’t social distance!

Back in the day etc., We drove right out on the sand of the beach [Lake Erie]. Local custom required a tarp or blanket act as a roof from a car door to poles, if the adults wanted to drink beer.

PP’s bathing suit is terribly cute! Kinda girly for her wear, considering her style choices.

That’s why you wear flip flops when you have left the beach.

Hence the song, ’I’m walking on sunshine WooOOO’.

It makes them look like they’re doing a dance.

Peppermint Patty always wears sandals…where are they?

I remember walking to the beach, it was right by the house, and walking on the painted lines in the street because they were cooler than tarmac

That’s what flip flops are for. I remember getting them at KMart for 99 cents a pair.

Like walking on a path of hot coals. Surprised I didn’t get blisters

When I was little, we would try to walk on to painted lines, for the parking spaces, so it wouldn’t be quite as hot as the road.

No, it’s trying to scrub the sand off your feet

And that’s why they make flip-flops (we called them thongs back when this strip was new).

I love the HOOP HOOP HOOP HOOP panel

See “Calvin and Hobbes”- 7/6/1986.

Wonder if Marcie would still call her “Sir”?